Hypertext Webster Gateway: "misappropriation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Misappropriation \Mis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion\, n.
Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
misappropriation
n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted
to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: {embezzlement},
{peculation}, {defalcation}, {misapplication}]
2: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation
of sociological theory"
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